Wheel-brake.



' W. A. PARIS. I

WHEEL BRAKE. APPLICATION rump .M-A1L3. 1906,

Patented Mar. ,1910;

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WITNESSES W. A. PARIS. WHEEL BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.3, 1906.) a i f 7 J mnentea Ems: 5 -191 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Fig.3. I

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citizen of the'United States, and a resident .of Edgewood Park, in the county of Alle-' 1 S ES PATENT OFFICE.

ILLIAM A. rnnrs, or nnenwoon PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, 'nssrenon TO wnsrme,

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To al l whom it may concern:

Beat known that I, WILLIAM A. PARIS, a

gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. newand useful Improvement in Wheel-Brakes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates towheel brakes and 'it has for its object to provide a'wheel brake and engaging shoes therefor which may be readily'formed of cast material andbe spe cially adapted to withstandsuch strains as may be imposed by reason of wide variations in temperature and pressure.

A further object of my invention is to rovide means for so suspending'the engagmg brake shoes that the resultant force due therefrom will be to friction will always pass tlgroughthe point of suspension. and, as the are released from the surface of the wheel, the distances of separationi-of'the' two shoes surfaces'parallel;

In the operation of elevators,cranes,planers and other -.machines of similar a character which must be stopped at frequent intervals and brought to rest suddenly, it has been usual to employbraking a paratus comprising one or more brake whee ,engagin'g shoes therefor and means for forcingthese shoes against the outer cylindrical surfacesfof the wheels. The frequent and prolonged operation of such devicesjn service causes'a material rise in te n ierature,in the rim of the brake wheel and in the shoes which engagethis rim, and the strains occasioned by these temperatures have frequently been suflicient to rupture the rim. In-some instances, brake wheels and shoes constructed of cast iron have become so .hot,.that their contact surfaces deteriorated rapidly, and inflammable material 1n the vicinity. was in danger of.

ignition t p Difli ulty has heretofore been experienced in designing and constructing wheel brakes to avoid abnormal pressure between the ex-- the ends of the shoes to surface of the wheel. Further difiiculty has. arisen, particularly with brakes which are] treinities of the engagin arcs which caused adapted to beioperated by electro-magnets, in that it was necessary to make the distance of travel considerable to insure disengage- WHEEL-BRAKE.

rake 1 shoes equal and the engaging.

g or plow into the Specification of Letters Patent.- v f Patenjggd Mail. 8, 1910. Application'filed March 3, 1906. seria l lil'o. 804,994.

'ment of both shoes and to compensate for the wearing away of their surfaces. According to my present'invention I pro- Vide engagmgshoes which are advant ageously' suspended and s ecially cooled, a wheel structure that is-a soprovidedwith special radiatingvsurfaces and is adapted to resist the usual strains which are imposed by high-pressures and wide variations in temperature.

' My invention is illustrated'in the accompanying drawings in which-. 1

Flgure 1 is an elevation'of a braking de-' vice, the several artsjof which are constructed in accor ance therewith; Figs. 2,.

3 and 4, are'deta'il views of the brake wheel and shoeszwhich are shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view, illustratin a 'methodv of. locatin -the proper point 0 suspension for a. bra eshoe of a given are i 75 of engagement. I -.'Referring to the drawings, the principal elements of the braking mechamsm are a I stationary base 1 having projections 2 and 3 to'which asupporting frame. 5 for brake shoes 6 and 7 is pivotally attached, and .hav-

ing also-projections 4; u on which an elecivota y mo'unted,,and a brake wheel 9, w ich is rigidly attached to a rotatable shaft.10.. The brakeshoes 6] and 7v are mounted, respectively,.1ipon shafts tro-magnet 8 is 1'1- and 12 which are supported by two pairs of upright bars 13 and lthat const tute parts of the frame 5. The upper extremii ties of thebars 13 and 14 are connected to 1 :an armature 15 of the electro magnet 8 by eormecting links '16 and 17 and are connected to each other by a helical spring 18 which i A tendsIto-hold'the shoes 6 and, 7 111' engage-. ment'wjth the periphery ofthe wheel 9. The ,tension of this spring may be adjusted by bolts 19 which are screw-threaded to en gage a paii of nutsQQ fiXed to the 'extremities of-the spring. The spring is made of considerable length sojthat, as thebrake .shoes' wear, the spring-tension may be substantially the same although its deflection is slightly reduced/ The/lengths of the links. 16 and 17 .and the arrangement" of parts are such that an upward motion of the armature 15, which occurs when the electro-magent 8 is energized, separates the upper extremities of the bars 13 and 14 in opposition to the action of the spring 18and thereby separates the brake shoes 6 and 7 from the wheel 9. Since the uprights 13 and l t-are pivotally mounted at their lower ends, the upper ends of the brake shoes tend to separate from the surface of the wheel more rapidly. than their lower extremities.

In.order-to counteract this tendency, rela-.

tively small springs 21 are interposd between adjustable stops '22 on the uprights and projections 23 on the shoes. The springs 21 cause the shoes to turn about the shafts 11 and 12 through small angles which are limited by stops 24:, that are adaptedto' engage the'lower extremities of the shoes,

.the stops and springs being adjusted to keep the engaging surfaces concentric' when they are separated. The action of the ele'c tro-magnet "Is such that, the frame 5 usually tends to swing away from the magnet asincrease the radiating surface force is applied thereby and, consequently,

inclined bars or strips 25 and 26 are pivoted upon the projections 2 and 3 and extend to the shafts 11 and 12 on the opposite sides of the wheel 9. The strips 25 and 26 are .slotted near their outer-extremities to engage the aforesaid shafts and are provided-with adjustable stops 27. These stops are so adjusted as to limit the movement of the arms 13 and '14 and to equalize the distance be tween the two pairs of engaging surfaces when fully separated.- The reaction of the frame 5 upon the operating magnet tends to rotate the magnet slightly so that it is desirable to pivotally mount it as shown'in the drawings, the motion of the magnet being limited, in the construction illustrated, by stops 28. Since the frame ordinarily tends to move in one direction only, the bars or strips 25 may be omitted, if desired The brake wheel 9 comprises a hub member 29, radial ventilating ribs or vanes 30, a rim 31, the outer surface of which is substantially cylindrical, and the inner surface of which is provided with a plurality of corrugations or teeth 32 which materially resented to i the air, and a plurality of spo es 33. The

spokes 83 connect the aforesaid members 29' and 31 and are in the form of curved segments in order that a considerable expan 'sion and contraction of the rim may take placewithout imposing severe strains upon rotatably mounted upon axes, the positions of which may be so located, by mathematical calculation, that the frictional forcesexerted aainie upon the shoes by the rotating brake wheel and tending to turn them upon their axes, neutralize each other. When this condition is fulfilled the shoes wear equally over their entire surfaces and the tendency, which would otherwise exist, for the points of the shoes to dig into the periphery of the wheel is avoided. If, with agiven engaging arc,

the point of support for a contact shoe is found to be so near-the brake shoe that a paralleland longitudinal back ribs 34, as

shown in Figs. 3 and 4..

The suitable distance'between the center 'of theifwheel and-the center of the'shaft .upon which a brake shoe is rotatably mountQ ed may .be-determined by mathematical cal- I .culation or it may be very 'closely approximated diagrammatically, as illustrated in Fig, 5. Referring to this figure, the radius 70 divides the on aging arc. into equal parts ofwhich it is on y necessary to consider one portion as shown between the radii 7c and Z. The arc 4 y is, first divided into a number of' equal parts and the force of friction which 7 is equally distributed over the engaging surface is'considered to be concentrated in equal quantities at the center of each small arc. These forces are tangent to the surface of the wheel and, since they are equal, it is only necessary to consider their moment about a point 0, assumed to be the center of rotation for the shoe. This center will, of course, be located on the radial line K and if correctly chosen the sum of the perpendieular distances from the point to the. several lines a, b, 0, d, e, f, g, h, i and j,which ,are tangent to the are at the center of the divisions, will be zero'when added algebraically. The distances are laid off on the line m on'eit-her side of the cross lineat and" are equal.

Variations in size and arrangement of parts may, of course, be made within the scope of my invention. I claim'as my invention:

1. A brake wheel comprising a hub having ventilating vanes projecting radially therefrom, a hardenedrim having an outer cylindrical surface and a web joining the middle of the rim with the hub having narrow curved slots of radial direction, the entire inner surface of the rim at each side of I the web being toothed or corrugated to increase heat radiation.

2. The combination with a brake wheel compr' cylindrical rugated; to increase their radiating-surfacesr concave and the backs of which are provided "cylindrical surface and'an inner-corrugated Y gaging shoes the inner'surfacespf which are gaging shoes the inner surfaces of which are ment with the wheel, and electrical means" that is attached to eachof said bars and 1s near one end thereof and springs that are rated.

a hub, a having an outer; surface and an inner corrugatedj surface to inc1 ease heat radiation, of-en-' gaging shoes the inner surfaces of which are with longitudinal integral ribs.-

3. The combination with a brake wheel: comprising a hub, agrim having an. outer surface to promote heat radiation a nd enconcave and the backs of which a'repro' vided with longitudinal ribs for stifiening the shoes and increasing the radiating surfaces, of means for forcing said shoes into engagement with the wheel.

4. The combination'with a brake wheel comprisin a hub, a rim having an outer cylindric surface and an inner corfugated surface topromote heat'radiation, and enconcave and the backs of which areprovided with radiating ribs for stiffening the shoes and increasing their radiating surfaces, of a spring for forcing said shoes into enga' ea for releasing the shoes therefrom.

5. The combination with a brake wheel, of cobperatingshoes the'middle face pot--- tions of which are cut away to provide concave engaging surfaces, at the ends of'the shoes only and the "backs of which are coradapted to engagethe corresponding shoe near one end thereof and resilient means for holding the shoe in engagement with the stop'as it is disengaged from the outer surface of the wheel.

8. The combination with a brake wheel, engaging shoes therefor, supporting bars for said shoes each of whichis pivotally mounted upon a rigid body, of an'adjustable stop that is attached to each of said bars and is adapted to engage the corresponding'shoe adapted to hold the shoes against the stops as the engaging friction surfaces are sepa 9. The combination with a brake wheel, a

I lating vanes pair of opposite. engaging shoestherefor,

supporting frames forthe shoes that are pivotally mounted upon a rigid body, and resilient means for holding the shoes in engagement with the surface of the wheehof means for separating the shoes from the wheel, and inclined bars which limit. the degrees of movement of said-supporting f r ames.-; I

r 10. The combination with a brake wheel, a pair of opposite engaging shoes therefor,

supporting frames forfthe shoes that are pivotallymounted upon a rigid body, re-

silient means'for holding the shoes 1n engagement with the surface of the wheel and means for separating the shoes from the wheel, of bars which limit the degree of separation of the engaging surfaces. and means for keep' allel as'the'y are separated.

'11. The combination with a a pair of opposite engaging shoes therefor,

g the contact surfaces parbrake-wheel,

supporting frames for the shoes that are I pivotally mounted upon a rigid body, re-

silient means for holding the shoesin engagement with the surface of the wheel'and means for separating the shoes from-the wheel, of bars which limit thedegree of movement of said supporting frames, adjustable stops that areattached to said frames and are adapted to engage the shoes,"

and means for holding the shoes in engage ment with the stops as they are disengaged fromrtlieeonter surface of the wheel.

12. The combination with a brake wheel,

a pair of opposite. engaging shoes therefor 1 supporting frames for-the shoes that are pivotally mounted upon a rigid body, resili- .ent means for holding the shoes enga'ge- .ment with the surface' of the wheel and means for separating the shoes from the wheel, of bars which limit the degree of movement of said supporting frames, andadjustable stops that are attached to said frames and are adapted to en age the shoes,

and springs that are adapte to hold-the 'tion surfaces are separated.

sh'oes against the stops as the engaging fric- 13. Theicombinatio n with a brakewheel that comprises a hub member, a rim having surface which is corrugated to promote heat radiation and engaging shoes theinner-snr fac'es'of which are concave and'the backs of p which are provided with projections for radiation, supporting bars for said shoes that are. pivotally mounted upon a rigid body and a spring which connects thefree ends of said bars and holds the shoes in engagement with the wheel, of means for keepingthe engaging surfaces parallel as they areseparated.

14. The combination with a brake wheel that comprises a member, having ventipro ectmg radially therefrom,

'an' outer. cylindrioal surface and an inner arim having an outer cylindrical surface and an inner surface which is corrugated to promote heat radiation and a plurality of contraction of the rim may take place without rupture, engaging shoes having concave engaging surfaces and recesses therein near their-centers, and supporting frames for the shoes that are pivotally mounted upon a rigid body, of resilient meens for holding i the shoes in engagement with the surface of the wheel; means for separatin the shoes from the wheel, and bars which llmit the degree of movement of said supporting frames.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed iny nanie this 24th day of Febru- 'ary, 1906.

WILLIAM A. PARIS. 

